Microsoft’s strategy of using pop-up advertising to promote new features and services has returned—and ad blockers can do nothing against it. I saw two examples of this on Monday morning using Microsoft…
Harvest Moon: One World Review
Somewhere in Harvest Moon: One World there’s a really interesting seed of an idea for a new take on farming sims, which would be much appreciated after 25 years of very similar…
How big is Intel’s 11th gen Rocket Lake chip? This photo shows all
A picture of Intel’s upcoming 11th-gen Rocket Lake chip, delidded (metal cover plate removed), shows just how utterly huge the backported chip is. The photo (shown above), shared by “MoeBen” of Overclock.net,…
Crash Bandicoot 4: How Three Other Characters Became Playable Options
You’d certainly expect to play as Crash in a game named after the bandicoot, but Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time introduces three additional playable characters – Dr. Cortex, Dingodile, and Tawna…
Zelda: Breath of The Wild Becomes a First-Person Game in Newly-Discovered Glitch
Modders have already created some first-person camera for Breath of the Wild, but one player has managed to figure out a glitch that should (in theory) let anyone look at Hyrule from…
Wild West Dynasty Officially Announced
Toplitz, the publisher of Medieval Dynasty and Lumberjack’s Dynasty, and developer Virtual Magic Games have officially announced Wild West Dynasty, the latest entry into the Dynasty simulation series. As Toplitz describes it:…
What Other Arcade Classics Deserve Sequels?
Welcome back to Game Scoop!, IGN’s weekly video game podcast. This week your Omega Cops — Daemon Hatfield, Tina Amini, Sam Claiborn, and Justin Davis — are discussing the just-announced Teenage Mutant Ninja…
Devastating chip shortages could hit smartphones soon, too
For the past several months, carmakers have been struggling with a chip shortage due to pandemic-related demand for consumer electronics. Now a new report suggests that shortage could hit smartphones, too. According…
AMD has solved Ryzen USB issues; update fix coming soon
AMD has found a fix for intermittent USB problems some Ryzen owners have reported. “We would like to thank the community here on r/AMD for its assistance with logs and reports as…
Nintendo’s Arms Graphic Novel Quietly Cancelled
An Arms graphic novel coming from Nintendo has seemingly been cancelled, if the author’s portfolio is anything to go off of. Ian Flynn wrote an introductory Free Comic Book Day 2018 issue…